North Korean coast guards intercepted a Russian yacht in neutral waters and escorted it to port without giving an explanation, it was reported on Saturday. ...
The All India Bank Employees' Association (AIBEA) hopes the government accept its demand to merge the five associate banks of State Bank of India (SBI) into one entity, said a top union official on Saturday. ...
A corporator of Vijayawada city in Andhra Pradesh has been booked for allegedly misbehaving with a woman on a flight, police said....
At least five people were killed and six injured after a major fire broke out in an office of IndiaMART, an online marketplace firm, in Raj Nagar area of Ghaziabad on Saturday....
A court here on Saturday took cognisance of a charge-sheet filed against environmentalist R.K. Pachauri, accused of sexually harassing a colleague, and said there is enough material to proceed against him under charges dealing with stalking, words, gestures or acts intended to insult a woman's modesty. ...
A twitter account has released the personal information or state ID, like social security number and home address, of China's rich and powerful -- including of Alibaba founder Jack Ma and China's richest man Wang Jianlin, a media report said. Information published by an account @shenfenzheng - meaning "personal identification" in Chine...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said that the motto of “good for all†is deep rooted in Indian culture. “We belong to a tradition where even a bhikshuk (beggar) says, 'may good happen to the person who gives me and also to the person who does not',†Modi said in his address at the Inter...
Two people were injured as protesters hurled petrol bombs on a truck during a protest called on Saturday by the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) against the domicile policy of the Raghubar Das government. More than 200 party supporters have been arrested. The shutdown has hit life across the state with shops closed in Ranchi, Jamsh...
P.V. Narasimha Rao instituted several reforms during his tenure as prime minister, but "he did not have a hold over" his Congress party. And when Tarun Gogoi, who was the food minister, wrote to him criticising his handling of the Babri mosque demolition, he failed to get a response. Assam Chief Minister Gogoi, recalls in his book '...
Tipplers in Kerala are stocking up on liquor ahead of five dry days on account of polling on Monday for the assembly elections and counting of votes on Thursday. Long queues have been seen since Friday evening in front of most of the 344 state-owned liquor shops in Kerala. The dry days kick in on Saturday evening and end on Thursday evening, accor...
